Animal Experiments: Primates

Henry Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department  (a) how many and  (b) what species of non-human primates imported for the purposes of scientific research were categorised as (i) captive-born (or F1 generation) and (ii) captive-bred (F2+ generation) in (A) 2009 and (B) 2010.

Lynne Featherstone: Although the information currently submitted to the Home Office following the acquisition of each batch of non-human primates provides evidence that animals have been born in captivity, there is currently no requirement for the records to indicate whether animals are F1 or F2+. However, from the information available we estimate the respective totals to be as detailed in the following table.
	
		
			  Numbers of imported captive-born (or F1 generation) and captive-bred (F2+ generation) non-human primates 
			   F1  F2 
			  2009   
			 Common marmoset 0 100 
			 Rhesus macaque 0 44 
			 Cynomolgus macaque 1,257 958 
			
			  2010 (reported to date)   
			 Common marmoset 0 0 
			 Rhesus macaque 0 40 
			 Cynomolgus macaque 970 545